Yannick Jadot (; born 27 July 1967) is a

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

environmentalist An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment. An environmentalist can be considered a supporter of the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that se ...

and politician who has served as a

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(MEP) since the 2009 European election, representing the West France constituency.

Early career

As an environmentalist and

humanitarian Humanitarianism is an active belief in the value of human life, whereby humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans to reduce suffering and improve the conditions of humanity for moral, altruistic, and emotional ...

, Jadot coordinated

Greenpeace Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe, immigrant environmental activists from the United States. Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth t ...

actions in

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between 2002 and 2008, also heading the ''Alliance pour la planète'' and serving as a key player in the 2008 ''

Grenelle Environnement The Grenelle de l'environnement was an open multi-party debate that took place in France in the summer and fall of 2007 to define key points of public policy on environmental and sustainable development over the following five-year period. Bringi ...

'' talks.

Political career

In 2009, Jadot announced that he was leaving Greenpeace to lead the

Europe Ecology Europe Ecology (french: Europe Écologie) was a green electoral coalition of political parties in France created for the 2009 European elections composed of The Greens and other ecologists and regionalists. For the European Parliament election ...

list in the West France constituency in the 2009 European elections. His list won 16.65% of the vote and he was elected to the

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, along with

Nicole Kiil-Nielsen Nicole Kiil-Nielsen (born 21 August 1949, in Larchamp) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament elected in the 2009 European election for the West France constituency. She is a member of The Greens. She has been a feminist ...

. He was reelected to the same constituency during the 2014 European elections. In parliament, Jadot first served on the

Committee on International Trade The Committee on International Trade (INTA) is a committee of the European Parliament. Its current chair, elected on 10 July 2019, is Bernd Lange.Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In addition to his committee assignments, Jadot was part of the Parliament's delegations to the countries of

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and the

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(2014–2019), and to the

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(2009–2011). He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals and the

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. In 2016, Jadot was selected by

Europe Ecology – The Greens Europe Ecology – The Greens (french: Europe Écologie Les Verts , EELV ) is a centre-left to left-wing green political party in France. The party is a member of the European Green Party. The party was formed on 13 November 2010 from the ...

(EELV) to stand as their candidate in the

2017 French presidential election The 2017 French presidential election was held on 23 April and 7 May 2017. As no candidate won a majority in the first round, a Two-round system, runoff was held between the top two candidates, Emmanuel Macron of La République En Marche!, En Ma ...

, after defeating fellow MEP Michèle Rivasi in the second round of primary voting. Though Jadot secured 496 sponsorships just before the opening of the signature collection period, he announced that he would withdraw his candidacy and endorsed Socialist nominee

Benoît Hamon Benoît Hamon (; born 26 June 1967) is a French politician known for his former role within the Socialist Party (PS) and Party of European Socialists (PES) and his political party Génération.s. Hamon joined the Socialist Party in 1988 and ...

, the pair having agreed on a common platform. Their alliance was consummated when EELV primary voters approved the agreement on 26 February 2017. On 30 January 2021, Jadot announced that he would be running as a candidate in the

2022 French presidential election The 2022 French presidential election was held on 10 and 24 April 2022. As no candidate won a majority in the first round, a runoff was held, in which Emmanuel Macron defeated Marine Le Pen and was re-elected as President of France. Macron, ...

. In the primaries, he won 51.03% of the party's votes, beating Sandrine Rousseau. In the first round of the election on 10 April 2022, he was eliminated after he received 4.6% of the overall votes, coming in 6th place behind Valerie Pecresse Jadot said in April 2022 that he wanted to put a “bonus/malus” system on "all taxation", from VAT to

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(ISF) which he intends to “restore” and ”to strengthen”.

Publications

Jadot's 2014 book, ''Climat, la guerre de l'ombre'', was illustrated by comic artist and author

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jadot, Yannick 1967 births Living people Paris Dauphine University alumni Europe Ecology – The Greens MEPs French humanitarians French people of Belgian descent MEPs for West France 2014–2019 MEPs for France 2019–2024 People associated with Greenpeace People from Aisne Politicians from Hauts-de-France Candidates in the 2022 French presidential election